Bail-ring for tent-poles.



Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

INVENTOR.

A 'TTORNE V.'

J. RENNER. BAIL RING FOB TENT POLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23, 1909.

WITNESSES UNITE JOHN RENNER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

BAIL-RING FOR TENT-POLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 23, 1909.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Serial No. 519,233.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN RENNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bail-Rings for Tent- Poles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bail rings of tent poles.

The object of my invention is to provide a canvas supporting bail ring which may be readily mounted upon or removed from a tent pole without being slipped over the end of the pole.

The novel features of my invention are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the preferred form of my invention-Figure l is an elevation showing my improved ring mounted on a tent pole, aportion of which is shown. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the dotted line (bb of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bail ring, detached from the pole and canvas.

Similar reference characters denote similar parts.

In its preferred form, the bail ring comprises two semi-circular members 1 and 2, each of which is provided at one end with a tenon 3 and at the other end with a mortise 4, which is adapted to receive the tenon 3 of the opposite member when the members are placed together, end to end, as shown'in the drawings, to form a ring for encircling a tent pole, denoted by 5. For securing the two members together, two bolts 6 are provided. These bolts extend each through two ears 7, which extend radially outward from adjacent ends of the two members. Each bolt 6 is provided at one end with a head 8 which rests against the outer side of the adjacent ear 7. The other end of each bolt is screw threaded and has mounted thereon a nut 9 which bears against the ad jacent ear 7. The members 1 and 2 are adapted to be secured respectively to two portions 10, of the tent canvas, as shown in Fig. 2.

For supporting the bail ring in any desired position upon the pole 5, any desired means may be employed. For this purpose I preferably provide a flexible member comprising a chain 11, opposite ends of which are mounted respectively upon the tenons 3, spaces 12 being provided between the members to receive the ends of the chain 11 when the members 1 and 2 are bolted together. By means of this construction the chain 11 supports the ring at diametrically opposite points and is detachably secured to the ring. Preferably the chain 11 at its center is provided with a ring link 13, shown in Fig. 1, to which a chain or rope, not shown, may be secured for the purpose of supporting the chain 11 at any desired height.

In operating my invention, the tent pole 5 may be raised to its desired position, after which the members 1 and 2, which at this time are separated and are respectively secured to the two canvas portions 10 of the tent, are placed, together with the tenons 3 in the mortises 4, and embracing the tent pole 5. The bolts 6 are then slipped through the ears 7, following which the nuts 9 are mounted on the bolts so as to tightly clamp the members 1 and 2 together. Prior to the insertion of the tenons 3 in the mortises 4, the end ring links of the chain 11 are slipped upon the tenons 3 so as to be disposed in the spaces 12 when the members 1 and 2 are clamped together. The bail ring may now be hoisted to any desired position upon the tent pole 5 by means of the chain 11. When the tent is to be taken down it is but necessary to remove the nuts 9 from the bolts 6 upon which the bolts may be withdrawn from the ears 7 and the members 1 and 2 detached from one another and removed from the pole 5 while the pole is in the raised position.

My invention may be variously modified within the scope of the appended claims without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is v 1. A bail ring for tent poles comprising two semicircular members each having at one end a tenon and at the other end a mortise for receiving the tenon of the opposite member, spaces being provided between said members and encircling said tenons and adapted to receive suitable supporting means, and means for detachably securing the members together.

2. The combination with a bail ring for tent poles comprising two semicircular members, each having at one end a tenon and at the other end a mortise for receiving the In testimony whereof I have signed my tenon of the opposite member, spaces being name to this specificationin presence of two provided between said members and encirsubscribing witnesses.

cling said tenons, and means for detachably J GEN RENNER. 5 securing together said members, of a supporting device having its ends respectively encircling said tenons in said spaces.

Witnesses:

WARREN D. HOUSE, HENRY F. RosE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

